Editing Navdeep Bains (section)

==Political career==
===38th Parliament===
In his first election in 2004, Bains won the Liberal nomination for the riding of [[Mississauga—Brampton South]], and won the seat with over 57% of the total vote; beating his next nearest opponent by over 33%, or over 14,000 votes.<ref name="CBC 2004 result">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2004 |title=154 Mississauga-Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/154/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420202354/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/154/ |archive-date=April 20, 2010 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> At that time, Bains was 26 years old and the youngest Liberal MP in Parliament.<ref name="GTA MPs 2015 Cabinet">{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2015 |title=GTA MPs form strong presence in Trudeau cabinet |url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/gta-mps-form-strong-presence-in-trudeau-cabinet-1.2643393 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CTV News]]}}</ref>

Bains was elected chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the [[Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade]] in April 2005, and held it until October 7, 2005, when he became parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, which at the time was [[Paul Martin]].<ref name="House of Commons Profile">{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Navdeep Bains |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Navdeep-Bains(25471)/Roles |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[House of Commons of Canada]]}}</ref> As parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, Bains was sworn in as a member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Privy Council]], and served until February 5, 2006, the day before the Conservative government of [[Stephen Harper]] was sworn in after the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]].<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" /><ref name="Privy Council">{{Cite web |title=Current Alphabetical List of Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada |url=http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng&page=information&sub=council-conseil&doc=members-membres/alphabet-eng.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021163847/http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng&page=information&sub=council-conseil&doc=members-membres%2Falphabet-eng.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Privy Council Office (Canada)|Privy Council Office]]}}</ref>

In October 2005, Bains also became a member of the Red Ribbon Task Force that released a 2006 report on revitalizing the party organization.<ref name="2006 Red Ribbon">{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2006 |title=Red Ribbon Task Force Releases Final Report |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-10-26/www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx@type=news&id=11846 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302152903/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-10-26/www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx%40type%3Dnews%26id%3D11846 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]}}</ref>

===In opposition===
In 2006, Bains was re-elected in his riding with just under 54% of the vote.<ref name="CBC 2006 result">{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2006 |title=154 Mississauga-Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/riding/154/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

Also in 2006, Bains co-chaired the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario)'s annual general meeting Toronto.<ref name="2006 LPC(O)">{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2007 |title=Navdeep Bains Appointed to Liberal's National Campaign Team |url=http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161503/http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=The Brampton News}}</ref> Because of his position in the Party and the roles he has been given, Bains was seen as a rising star, and had been selected three years in a row in the Hill Times survey as the best up and comer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hill Times, December 18, 2006 |url=http://www.thehilltimes.ca/members/login.php?fail=2&destination=/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/december/18/ap_poll2/}}</ref>

During the [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2006 Liberal leadership convention]] to replace Paul Martin, Bains threw his support behind Ontario Education Minister [[Gerard Kennedy]], and after Kennedy dropped out before the third ballot, he joined Kennedy in supporting the eventual winner and new party leader, [[Stéphane Dion]].<ref name="Leadership conventions">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Navdeep Bains on the new way Liberals will choose their leaders |url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161514/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>

In the [[39th Parliament of Canada|39th Parliament]], Bains held [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]] critic portfolios for [[Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Canada)|Public Works and Government Services]], the [[Treasury Board]] and [[Minister of International Trade|International Trade]], respectively.<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" /> Bains was also member of the Liberal Caucus Committees for Planning and Priorities, Canada and the World and Economic Prosperity.<ref name="Liberal readiness">{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2009 |title=How ready are the Liberals? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-ready-are-the-liberals/article4211013/?service=print |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> In January 2007, he was appointed to the National Election Readiness Committee as a Caucus Representative and in March 2007 served as the Youth Liaison to the [[Young Liberals of Canada]].<ref name="Liberal readiness" />

In January 2009, he was selected by [[Michael Ignatieff]] along with [[Steve MacKinnon]] to serve as Co-Chairs of the Special Committee on Party Renewal and tasked with heading a consultation process with the party membership on how to strengthen the party.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /><ref name="Iggy cornoation">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=April 13, 2009 |title=Iggy's coronation |url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/iggys-coronation/ |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> In March 2009, Bains was appointed Chair of Platform Development and oversaw the creation of the party's next electoral platform.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /> As part of his recommendations for party renewal, delegates at the [[2009 Liberal leadership election]] voted to ensure that all future leadership elections would be under a "weighted one member, one vote" system, where each riding has 100 points that are distributed to leadership candidates based on the percentage of votes from party members in that riding.<ref name="Leadership conventions" />
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in a group photo with the Members of ParliamentMembers of Legislative Assembly of Canada, in Toronto on June 28, 2010.jpg|thumb|Bains with Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] in Toronto on June 28, 2010]]
During the [[40th Parliament of Canada|40th Parliament]], Bains held Official Opposition critic portfolios for [[Minister of Natural Resources|Natural Resources]] and [[Minister of Small Business and Tourism|Small Business and Tourism]].<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" />

In January 2011, Bains claimed that the [[Bloc Québécois]] was using "the politics of fear" and argued against their attempt to ban the ceremonial Sikh [[kirpan]] from the parliamentary buildings after an incident in which the [[Quebec National Assembly]] denied entry to a group of four kirpan-wearing Sikhs.<ref name="Kirpan">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2011 |title=Ban kirpan from Parliament: Bloc |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ban-kirpan-from-parliament-bloc-1.1034183 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perreaux |first=Les |date=January 19, 2011 |title=Bloc to seek parliamentary ban on the kirpan |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bloc-to-seek-parliamentary-ban-on-the-kirpan/article562607/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref>

===Out of Parliament===
In the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]], [[Eve Adams]], a former Mississauga City Councillor, beat Bains by over 5,000 votes.<ref name="Eve Adams">{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Laura |date=February 10, 2015 |title=Eve Adams' former rival welcomes her to the Liberals |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1822112/eve-adams-former-rival-welcomes-her-to-the-liberals/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Global News]]}}</ref>

Bains was a director of the [[Municipal Property Assessment Corporation]] from September 2012 to September 2015.<ref name="MPAC">{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2015 |title=Agency Details |url=https://www.pas.gov.on.ca/scripts/en/BoardDetails.asp?boardID=118724 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Public Appointments Secretariat of Ontario}}</ref> He also served on the Ontario Provincial Board of the [[Heart and Stroke Foundation]], including a stint as Vice Chair starting December 2014.<ref name="Heart and Stroke">{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2014 |title=Heart and Stroke Foundation, Ontario: Provincial Board of Directors |url=http://www.heartandstroke.on.ca/site/pp.aspx?c=pvI3IeNWJwE&b=7516903&printmode=1 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Heart and Stroke Foundation]]}}</ref> Bains is also on the board of advisors for the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy.<ref name="Pearson Centre">{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board Members |url=http://www.thepearsoncentre.ca/about/board-of-directors/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy}}</ref>

Bains also entered academia and became an adjunct lecturer in a Master of Public Service program at the [[University of Waterloo]] and a distinguished visiting professor at the [[Ted Rogers School of Management]] at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]], starting in 2013 for a one-year term.<ref name="Ryerson profile" /><ref name="Master Waterloo">{{Cite web |title=AGENCY MEMBERS BIOGRAPHIES |url=https://www.pas.gov.on.ca/scripts/en/bios.asp?boardID=118724 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161508/https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-appointments |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Public Appointments Secretariat of Ontario}}</ref> His teaching contract at Ryerson was extended, and he was still a professor at the time of his re-election in 2015.<ref name="2015 re-elected" />

Bains was touted as a possible candidate in the 2014 municipal election in Brampton and was included in January 2014 polling alongside candidates like Susan Fennell and John Sanderson in which he finished third among voters polled.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grewal |first=San |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Spending scandal catching up with Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell, pollster says |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto ON |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/01/21/spending_scandal_catching_up_with_brampton_mayor_susan_fennell_pollster_says.html |access-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref> Provincial Liberal [[Linda Jeffrey]] subsequently ran for mayor and won.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grewal |first=San |date=April 29, 2014 |title=Poll finds Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell a distant third |page=GT2 |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto ON |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/29/poll_finds_brampton_mayor_susan_fennell_a_distant_third.html |access-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref>

===Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry===
[[File:Secretary Kelly Visits Ottawa (33445755645).jpg|thumb|Bains meeting with [[John F. Kelly]], the [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]], in March 2017]]
Bains was the Ontario co-chair for the federal Liberal campaign, and was returned to the House of Commons in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]] in the new riding of [[Mississauga—Malton (federal electoral district)|Mississauga—Malton]].<ref name="2015 re-elected">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=October 19, 2015 |title=Liberal Navdeep Bains wins Mississauga-Malton |work=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/19/liberal-navdeep-bains-wins-mississauga-malton.html |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name="co-chair">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Why everyone loves Brampton |url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/why-everyone-loves-brampton/ |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> On November 4, 2015, he was appointed the [[Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development|minister of innovation, science and economic development]] in [[Justin Trudeau]]'s [[29th Canadian Ministry|Cabinet]].<ref name="CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04">{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2015 |title=Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet 31-member cabinet includes 15 women, attempt at regional balance |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |url-status=live |access-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403163026/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref> The next day, Bains announced that the mandatory long form census would be restored for 2016, after it was [[Canada 2011 Census#Voluntary long-form survey controversy|removed from the 2011 edition]] under the Harper government.<ref name="Long form census restored">{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2015 |title=Liberals to restore mandatory long-form census |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-liberal-census-data-1.3305271 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> Under Bains’ leadership, the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census]] response rate exceeded 98 percent, making it the most successful Census since [[1666 census of New France|1666]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2016 |title=Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666' |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/best-census-ever-stats-can-1.3739857 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026062709/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/best-census-ever-stats-can-1.3739857 |archive-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

A major focus of Bains’ mandate is to spur innovation and economic development in Canada. Following public consultations across Canada in the summer of 2016, he launched the Inclusive Innovation Agenda. Based on the consultations, the Bains identified three priority areas for Canada's Innovation Agenda: finding better ways for more Canadians to get the skills the global economy demands (People), harnessing emerging tech that would create industries and jobs that never existed before as well as reinvigorate existing ones (Technology), and encouraging more Canadians to start and grow companies that are competitive in the global economy (Companies).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Innovation Agenda |date=August 18, 2021 |url=https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/062.nsf/eng/home |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Niedoba |first=Sarah |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Canadian Business |url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/navdeep-bains-interview/}}</ref>

His portfolio also includes responsibility for the six regional development agencies across Canada: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA); Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED); Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor); Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario); Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor); Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Mandate Letter |date=November 12, 2015 |url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister-innovation-science-and-economic-development-mandate-letter}}</ref>

In December 2016, he also launched Connect to Innovate, a program that will invest $500 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural and remote communities across Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dobby |first=Christine |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Ottawa to target 'backbone' Internet connections with $500-million rural broadband program |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-to-target-backbone-internet-connections-with-500-million-rural-broadband-program/article33335056/}}</ref> In 2018, Bains announced $950 million for a variety of national [[Clusters of Innovation|superclusters of innovation]] across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government reveals who is getting $950M in 'supercluster' funding |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4027827/superclusters-initiative-getting-funding-navdeep-bains/ |access-date=June 3, 2018 |website=Global News |language=en}}</ref> To date, Minister Bains has supported 37 projects, investing $389 million, leading to nearly $4.1 billion in total investments in the automotive sector. Bains locked in the manufacturing of the C-Series in Montréal, protecting 6,000 direct jobs in Ontario and Québec in the aerospace industry. He also launched Canada's first-ever Intellectual Property Strategy.

[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau at the delegation level talks, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on February 23, 2018.jpg|thumb|Bains and other members of [[Justin Trudeau|Trudeau]]'s cabinet with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in February 2018]]
Bains worked closely with the Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which advised the minister of finance on economic policies to achieve long-term [[sustainable growth]]. The council called for a gradual increase in permanent [[immigration to Canada]] to 450,000 people a year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Influential Liberal advisers want Canadian population to triple by 2100 |work=[[Global News]] |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3020783/influential-liberal-advisers-want-canadian-population-to-triple-by-2100/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927193435/https://globalnews.ca/news/3020783/influential-liberal-advisers-want-canadian-population-to-triple-by-2100/ |archive-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 17, 2016 |title=Fortier, Ragan part of Advisory Council on Economic Growth |work=McGill Reporter |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/fortier-ragan-part-of-federal-advisory-council-on-economic-growth/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815200736/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/fortier-ragan-part-of-federal-advisory-council-on-economic-growth/ |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

In 2019, Minister Bains announced Canada's Digital Charter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2019 |title=Minister Bains announces Canada's Digital Charter |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2019/05/minister-bains-announces-canadas-digital-charter.html |access-date=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]]}}</ref>

In August 2020, amidst a review of an August 2019 decision by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to reduce capacity rates by up to 43% and access rates up to 77%, Bains released a statement saying that the government shared the fears of Canada's big telecommunication corporations that it went too far and would disincentivize investment in communication networks, especially less profitable rural and remote areas. However, the statement also said that the government would not formally intervene in the ongoing review.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paddon |first=David |date=August 15, 2020 |title=Minister says CRTC may have erred with wholesale rate decision |work=[[CTV News]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/minister-says-crtc-may-have-erred-with-wholesale-rate-decision-1.5065736 |access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

==== COVID-19 ====
In August 2020, Bains and [[Minister of Public Services and Procurement]] [[Anita Anand]], announced major steps towards securing COVID-19 vaccine and therapies.<ref name="GC_20200805">{{Cite web |last1=Jagric |first1=Alex |last2=Roy |first2=Cecely |author3-link=Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |last3=Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |last4=Public Services and Procurement Canada |date=2020-08-05 |title=Government of Canada announces major steps in treating and preventing COVID-19 through vaccines and therapies |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/government-of-canada-announces-major-steps-in-treating-and-preventing-covid-19-through-vaccines-and-therapies.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221216235932/https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/government-of-canada-announces-major-steps-in-treating-and-preventing-covid-19-through-vaccines-and-therapies.html |archive-date=2022-12-16 |access-date=2021-03-22 |website=[[Government of Canada]] |author4-link=Public Services and Procurement Canada }}</ref> Bains also announced the members of the COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force and COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force (VTF). [[Nancy Harrison]] and [[Cédric Bisson]] are co-chairs of the Therapeutics Task Force (TTF) tasked with prioritizing "financial support for promising COVID-19 treatment projects."<ref name="GC_20200805" /> The secretariat of the Therapeutics Task Force is housed at Bains' ISEDC department. [[Joanne Langley]] and [[J. Mark Lievonen]] are the co-chairs Vaccine Task Force advising the federal government on "vaccine development, related bio-manufacturing and international partnerships".<ref name="GC_20200805" /> The secretariat of the Vaccine Task force is supported by the [[National Research Council of Canada]].<ref name="GC_20200805" /> Potential members of the Joint Biomanufacturing Subcommittee of the COVID‐19 Vaccine Task Force and Therapeutics Task Force Meeting began meeting on June 22, 2020, to examine initial proposals from [[Laval, Quebec]]-based-[[Biodextris]], Calgary, Alberta-based-[[PTX-COVID19-B|Providence Therapeutics]], Edmonton, Alberta-based-[[Entos Pharmaceuticals]], Montréal-based [[René Roy (chemist)|Glycovax Pharma]], Vancouver-based-[[Precision Nanosystems]], Vancouver-based [[Symvivo Incorporated]], [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]]-based IMV, Quebec City-based [[Medicago Inc.]], and [[Maryland]]-based [[Novavax]]. On June 25 they began their reviews of proposals submitted by [[Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine|AstraZeneca]], [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine|Pfizer]], [[Variation Biotechnologies]] (VBI). On July 3 they reviewed Moderna's proposal. Later in July they reviewed Novavax and Johnson & Johnson, and in September Sanofi / GSK. The first announcements of approvals began on August 5 for Pfizer and Moderna and the [rest?] of the approvals were announced in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2020 |title=COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Registry of Interests |url=https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/covid-19-vaccine-task-force-registry-interests |access-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref>

===Legislation===
Bains introduced legislation to amend the ''[[Copyright Act of Canada|Copyright Act]]'' with respect to improving access to works by persons with a [[print disability|perceptual disability]], which subsequently received [[Royal Assent]] in June 2016,<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An Act to amend the Copyright Act (access to copyrighted works or other subject-matter for persons with perceptual disabilities)|abbr =S.C.|year =2016|chapter =4|link= http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2016_4/page-1.html}}</ref> thus enabling Canada to become the key 20th nation to accede to the [[Marrakesh VIP Treaty|Marrakesh Treaty]], bringing the Treaty into force on September 30, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Canada's Accession to Marrakesh Treaty Brings Treaty into Force |url=http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0007.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704033226/http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0007.html |archive-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> He also put forward bill C-25, proposing to amend federal corporate law to promote corporate transparency and increase diversity on corporate boards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill C-25 {{!}} openparliament.ca |url=https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-25/ |access-date=August 18, 2018 |website=openparliament.ca |language=en}}</ref> In particular, the bill focuses on the participation of women on corporate boards, as well as on senior management teams. In the same Parliamentary session, Bains introduced bill C-36, intended to enhance, reinforce and protect the independence of Statistics Canada, fulfilling a campaign promise from the Liberals 2015 election platform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill C-36 {{!}} openparliament.ca |url=https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-36/ |access-date=August 18, 2018 |website=openparliament.ca |language=en}}</ref> In June 2018, both bills C-25 and C-36 received Royal Assent.